[gentoo-dev] Re: LICENSE and revbumps

[Ryan Hill]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:02:02 +0200
Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o> wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:17:48 -0600
> Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote:
>
> > Should LICENSE changes require a revision bump?
>
> No.
>
> Any ebuild should be published with a correct reference to a license.
> If you initially publish the ebuild with a bad reference, you simply
> correct it later on. It's not as if *you* incorrectly published the
> software anew - you just tagged on the wrong license initially, and by
> referring to the wrong license, you aren't somehow magically
> relicensing the software.

I think this makes the most sense, maybe because it requires the least
amount of work. ;)


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